Post 100

This is the 100th posted blog!!!

I think I may have had more at one point but I did do a lot of back cleaning up months ago.

Today is Christmas!

Being in the spirit of sharing my plunder, this is what I received (in order)

$25 Visa Card
Santa Light
other awesome Christmas household things
Nativity Set (Really excited because it is a classic one and I was looking at them all season long but I didn't want to spend the money! And I have to add, I was very particular in the setting up of the manger scene, because as far as what is there, who goes where and whatnot, it is a particular scene and I do know. We drove past a nativity scene and my sister stopped so we could remark on my correctness as compared to a front yard display.)
Crocheted hat/coat flowers (from Santa to me)
Fuzzy white house robe (from my children....)
2 new car tires!
1/2 meal from Swenson's
Washcloths!!!!
Towels!!!

My children received dolls and dress up clothes and toys and blankets from all of our relatives and other people who love and care about them. They were thrilled. Santa brought dress up ballet skirts (which neither one of them even displayed any interest in or even tried on and I spent a good portion of last night making them). I also got them new slippers and a bunch of pretty dresses. They were excited at least about the dresses and they wanted to wear them right away.

Santa Clause also came to our house last night and taped candy canes all down the hallway and the staircase. And then the stockings were filled with delicious candy. My children love candy so much. That is all that they requested this year. Marilyn also wanted dolls. They  got both. Everything is also super awesome because they can share and play together!!!

Mallory at one point was excited because it was "present time"! Marilyn really liked all of her presents except for a few. She was very candid and honest on her reasoning.  It is difficult to argue with the reasoning of a four year old.

This year was weird though. Really weird. It was the first Christmas I have had without my family since I have had a family. I mean, I spent the day with my sister and my father, but my children were with their other family, of which I am no longer a part of.

This was also my first year without a boyfriend or a significant other. I am taking it for what it is and I am not boyfriend hungry, but the single life is not at all what I imagined it to be and I think it is nice to have someone you care about during the holidays to love on and be loved by them. You do things together. I like buying gifts for men because it is always kind of a mystery. You are always having to guess what they need. Sometimes you know it more than they do though. If I had a boyfriend I would always pepper him with little gifts and make him delicious foods and write him love texts or something :)  Man things are fun to shop for as well. They have wallets and belts and hats and shirts. Are most well dressed men well dressed because they are the ones that are picking out their clothes? Or are most men who are better dressed actually endowed with a sense of style? I don't know, maybe I just think that because I simply have limited contact with the male species. I am running on a lack of testosterone these days and I have forgotten?

In any case, I spent all day downloading a file to sample a game I was contemplating but that turned out to have been a major waste of time. I read, I did a lot of note marking. I played around with computer files. I ate.

Ticia came with me today too, so I atleast had my baby dog with me. She's silly and the puppy pack are grouchy old women with silly underbites who are just growly and barky and over protective of Holly. All the dog wanted to do was to sit on Holly's lap with everyone and nap. Everyone loves Holly.

So I here I sit, writing this mish mosh blog of my Christmas day. I don't have too much else important. I do, and this is my blog so I'm going to write what I want to write.

I am going to move. Again. As soon as I can. I am tired of all of this house drama. As soon as I can save up the money I am going to relocate to a better house. Even if I have to pay more, I don't care, because it will be worth it to have a functional kitchen and a dishwasher and a basement that I don't have to sweep up water in every single time I go down there. It will be nice to not get hit up in the middle of the month, every month, for more money and have it always be necessary. It will be nice to have a real driveway and a yard that isn't filled with junk. It will be nice to have a finished kitchen area.

I have to really think about what I want and I have to really look. It is such a pain trying to find a house and a new area to live. I need to find a good public school system because I figure I will be there for atleast the next two years. I will buy a house after that, but I need to get out of this situation. This is not panning out to what it was supposed to be and when is enough enough? What else is going to happen that is going to fall on me? Is the hot water tank going to go? Am I going to have to install the dishwasher? And replace the floor? And the windows? And the hood range? And fix the pipes in the basement? And the locks?

That's my drama. So I'm looking.

I have begun compiling information and I am on the initial phases of my research. This is when it is exciting, when you begin to learn everything about everything related to that topic and you figure out what you need and what you don't need and where it goes in the bigger picture of things. This is a long way before the actual writing, this is just the compilation of facts and where they came from. I love research. This is something which I am going to pursue. I have to. What else can I do about it that these things do not happen to other people?

If I can look out and dream up a bigger and better picture, I can figure out what I need to be doing to get there. So I do. And then I make it happen. When you begin to dream you begin to go further. And the further you go, the bigger your dreams become.

On an unrelated note: (I love my office room. I love having a little awesome room in which I have all of my personal work things, and my mamasan couch. With the new super awesome super comfortable fuzzy cushion. The cushion is totally the highlight. And I like that all of my work stuff can be contained in my own little room that is not my bedroom. Only clothes and beds and blankets belong in my bedroom. Anything else would get lost...)

So Merry Christmas! Next year is going to be schamazing.